The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $6.6 million Project Grant to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (FAPO) federal grant program. The grant will support IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) and forecast-based action by the DREF from June 2022 through November 2022.
The DREF enables IFRC to provide initial funds and relief items to Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies for emergency response at the onset of disasters. This USAID funding will support DREF operations providing early action and response to reduce risks from disasters in vulnerable countries, as well as scale up forecast-based financing to enable anticipatory action. The grant funds will be utilized by IFRC from its place of performance in Switzerland to deliver timely disaster relief and response activities through its membership network.
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